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Installing USB Devices

USB-CAN interfaces, USB mapping boxes and ECUs with a direct USB connection need to be installed in Windows before they can be used. Installation involves supplying Windows with an appropriate device driver. A device driver is a piece of software, which tells Windows how to communicate with the device. The device driver needs to be installed the first time that the device is connected to a PC.

When you first connect the USB device to the PC, the Windows Add New Hardware Wizard should appear a few moments after connection. Please follow the instructions applicable to your operating system carefully in order to successfully install your USB device.

Trouble-Shooting

If you select the wrong driver, or you cancel the Wizard before it completes, or something appears to go wrong during the driver installation; it may be necessary to reinstall the USB device driver. To do this, go to Control Panel (Start menu, Settings), select System. Find the Device Manager (may be under the Hardware tab). Browse through until you find the item relating to the USB device (depending on the state of the installation, this may be shown as an unknown USB device and may be under the USB devices group or the USB-CAN group). Right-click on the item and select Remove. Accept the warning. The next time the device is plugged into the system, the Add New Hardware Wizard should reappear and you can retry the installation instructions above.

Windows 98

1. Connect the USB cable from the USB device to the PC.

2. After a few moments, the 'Add New Hardware Wizard' should appear. Click Next >.

3. When asked, "What do you want Windows to do?" select "Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location". Click Next >.

4. Select "Other devices" from the list of device types. Click Next >.

5. Click the Have Disk... button. A browse box will appear asking you to find the folder containing the device driver. Click Browse. If you have the software CD, you can browse to the CD, open the 'Windows 98' folder and select the '.inf' file shown in that folder. Or, if the software is already installed on this PC, you can browse to the software's Program Files folder (C:\Program Files\{program name}\Windows 98') and select the '.inf' file shown in that folder.

6. The name of the device should appear in the list. Click Next >.

7. The dialog box shown will now show which driver is being used for this device. Click Next >.

8. Allow the driver to install. Click Finish. The device is now ready to use.

Windows Me, 2000 and XP

1. Connect the USB cable from the USB device to the PC.

2. After a few moments, the 'Add New Hardware Wizard' should appear. Select Specify the location of the driver (Advanced). Click Next >.

3. On the next dialog box, select Search for the best driver for your device. Check the Specify a location box. Click the Browse button and either browse to the installation CD or the software folder. Browse to the Windows Me 2000 XP (Route: My computer; Local Disk C; Program Files; Easimap 5; Windows ME 2000 XP) sub-folder and click Open. Optionally you may also check the Removable Media box if you have the installation CD.

4. Windows should now locate a driver for this device. Click Next >.

A Hardware Installation warning may appear next. Click Continue Anyway to proceed.

5. The device should now be ready to use. Click Finish.

6. It may be necessary to repeat this process a couple of times, if your computer does not recognise the device the next time it is turned on.

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